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Today's News

  • Letters to the Editor

    To the editor:

    I am married to a teacher that has been pinked slipped. I feel that I must state that Mr. Stewart did indeed join the DROP program and is in the extended DROP as Teachers did have the option to continue in DROP for an additional three years, which does not constitute “double-dipping”.  Even though he is at the top of his pay scale, I can assure you that his salary is still less than what the Superintendent and Principals are making and these administrative personnel are not even in the classroom teaching the future leaders of Levy County.

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  • Letters to the Editor

    To the editor:

    Water within the Dixie, Gilchrist and Levy County areas has been a “Hot Topic” for some time. I believe most of the citizens in this area have concerns about keeping our natural resource, water, in our area.

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  • Letters to the Editor

    To the editor:

    On Sunday, March 15, 2009 I found mself in a situation I’m not very familiar with. I have spent many years responding and assiting people with medical emergencies, on this particular afternoon I began not feeling well, upon insistence of my family, 911 was called. Both Williston fire department and Levy County Emergency Medical Services responded.

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  • No note? Go ask a judge for one

    It’s a story right off the national news: Homeowners fighting to prevent foreclosure on their property ask a lender to produce the original promissory note in legal proceedings.

    But in Levy County, it is the estate of Kathryn F. Causey, an accountant who died in January 2008, that is trying to stave off foreclosure by having the lender produce the promissory note.

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  • Chiefland man dies in crash

    A 77-year-old Chiefland man died Thursday morning in a one vehicle crash on US Highway 19 about 500 feet south of Fanning Springs, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

                Paul Shobe was northbound in the inside lane of US 19 when his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado drifted northeast and went off the road onto the east shoulder and into the tree line on the east side of US 19.

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  • Purple is for survivors

    Mary Grace Curtin adjusts a purple bow at her best friend Adamarie Keeton’s home in Bronson. Curtin has been making the bows, while Keeton and Keeton’s sister Libby Barrin bake cookies and organize the fund-raising effort for their Tri-County Relay for Life team, Team Margaret.

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  • Outdoor Classroom arrives at CHS

    Chiefland High School has received the "Outdoor Classroom" picnic tables.

     Thanks to a generous grant from the Levy County Soil and Water Conservation District and the generous donation of labor to build the picnic table from the Cross City Correctional Institution under the supervision of Assistant Warden Shannon Varnes, Vocational Instructor Jarrell Everett and Col. Daniel Bannister,  Chiefland High School now has an outdoor classroom with four picnic tables that will seat up to 32 students.

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  • Free tax preparation available from AARP

    Free tax preparation and E-file with AARP Tax-Aide begins Feb.1. Sites will be open at libraries in Chiefland: Fridays 12-4 p.m. and Saturdays 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. 493-2758, Trenton: Mondays 1-5 p.m. 463-3176, Williston: Thursdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the library, Cross City: Tuesdays 12-3:;30 p.m. through the tax season. Call or go by for an appointment. Guidelines are posted at all sites.

    Bring a friend, all your tax questions and 2008 tax papers. As always snowbirds are welcome.

     

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  • Reach out to others

    The poet William Cowper long ago wrote the lines:

     God works in a mysterious way

    His wonders to perform.

    He plants His footsteps on the sea

    And rides upon the storm.

     

    One time, when the road of my life seemed a little rough, a friend placed a hand on my shoulder, and said some comforting words.  I gained courage and went on. Soon the road seemed smoother.

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  • SBLC: Teachers could lose laptops, phones

    With the unanimous passage of new Anti-Fraud policy 7.23 last week, Bob Clemons, Director of Finance for the School Board of Levy County, has been given the additional duty of Fraud Investigator, authorized to confiscate both district and personal employee property.

    “Any irregularity, that is detected or suspected . . . shall be reported immediately to the Director of Finance” who will decide “whether pursuit of an investigation is warranted,” the policy states.

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